Table 12.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2004

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Lung Transplantation

Residency Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 788 908 837 863 940 1,034 1,028 1,065 1,153
Deaths 228 217 204 207 215 231 193 175 175
Rate 365.8 290.2 295.8 287.3 270.4 261.6 215.1 183.9 167.6
U.S. Resident Patients 780 891 821 848 937 1,033 1,024 1,062 1,149
Deaths 226 214 202 204 214 231 192 174 175
Rate 366.4 291.7 299.0 288.1 269.8 261.9 214.7 183.3 168.2
Nonresident Alien Patients 4 6 8 9 3 1 4 3 3
Deaths 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0
Rate * * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients 4 11 8 6 - - - - 1
Deaths 1 3 1 0 - - - - 0
Rate * 369.7 * * - - - - *


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant. See Technical Notes for further details.